Yakima kitchen fire causes $30,000 damage

Posted on October 4, 2014

Destruction of the Grand Buffet restaurant to make way for the construction of McDonald's restaurant at the intersection of Yakima Avenue and First Street in downtown Yakima. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)Destruction of the Grand Buffet restaurant to make way for the construction of McDonald's restaurant at the intersection of Yakima Avenue and First Street in downtown Yakima. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)The former Grand Buffet restaurant was torn down Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 to make way for the construction of a McDonald's restaurant on the site at the intersection of First Street and Yakima Avenue in Yakima. Plans call for the McDonald's to be open within several months. The new restaurant will be built of red brick and have white trim and will fit in with the adjacent historic district, says property owner Patti Schneider. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)

YAKIMA, Wash. An unattended pan of cooking oil started a fire that Yakima fire officials say caused $30,000 damage to a home on East Chestnut Avenue on Friday evening.

Firefighters were called at 6:40 p.m. to 902 E. Chestnut Ave. The homes occupant told firefighters that she had put a pan of oil on the stove and left it while tending to her children, said Joe Riel, acting shift commander. When she returned, the oil had caught fire and the flames started to spread.

When firefighters arrived, smoke was coming out the front door, and there was fire in the kitchen. The firefighters put out the flames in the kitchen and pulled down the ceiling to put out hot spots in the attic insulation, Riel said.

Nobody was injured in the fire. Three fire trucks and an ambulance responded.

Yakima County tax records show the one-story house was built in 1920. The house has an assessed value of $57,300.

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Yakima kitchen fire causes $30,000 damage